Electronica vehicles quiet? I hear crickets

WAYMO OFFERS FREE WIFI—WHO WILL OFFER  FREEDOM?

From time to time most people get a song stuck in their minds and it plays over and over and over again.  Well the world of self-driving must have a song stuck in their. Heads...”the let’s  merge until wee  can lead in a particular. Market  space song.  This week marks about the eighth week in a row that mergers  lead the story line.  Of course there were a few more states and cities  putting together idiosyncratic  laws. And regulations about self driving because no national leadership has emerged in the area yet.  

Then  there is always at least one headline about  consumer confidence in these vehicles and now this week WAYMO says they will have. WIFi.  

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So What?  When are we going to hear transportation providers talk about true accessibility efforts?  When. Are the headlines going to  say “Toyota wo offer  three ways to achieve wheelchair access to their new. Electronic  Vehicle?  When is Ford going to acquire Freedom Scientific  so that all digital  screens in their  cars  have Jaws capability on all digital read-outs?  

I haven’t seen this happening yet and I’m not sure whether to  hold Ford (and others) responsible or maybe. It is time  people start targeting the “Jaws”team.  Maybe the “AT” folks need to  pitch themselves harder.  It’s a real problem that  there is no news  of access/mobility venders being tapped by traditional automakers and their new tech companies.  Is it’s problem  that results from  the fact that a wheelchair that has the electronics of a 1985 Atari costs  35 Grand and enjoys the status of a medical device so companies like. Invecare  (sp) don’t want to be exposed as extorting people with disabilities and their insurers?  It would be a crying shame if  al large manufacturer mass produced mobility. Devices that fit into their self-driving vehicles  and charged somewhere close to the actual cost of production for  that feature.  

In summary ther news in self-driving stays about the same for yet another month.  Company A is merging with Company B and buying  Company C  State  X is enacting  their own unique AV legislation.  Oh, and as far as affordable , accessible options for all?—Still crickets.